Politics

Groups working against US Rep. Cindy Axne have poured more than $2 million in TV advertisements to attack her and the broader Democratic agenda in 2021, well over a year before the election. The ads connect Axne, Iowa’s lone congressional Democrat, to pieces of the party’s Build Back Better Act, and paint attempts to close…

If you’ve listened to Rep. Ashley Hinson lately, you’d think that under a new proposal, every time you pay your rent, buy a new TV or computer, or otherwise spend at least $600, a notification will pop up on the screen of an IRS employee tracking your every move. “There’s a new Democrat proposal to…

Sen. Chuck Grassley gave a stirring, 25-second explanation of why he was accepting former President Donald Trump’s endorsement last night: solely because it would help him politically. The 88-year-old senator briefly took the stage with Trump before a crowd of thousands of energized Trump fans in Des Moines on Saturday evening. “I was born at…

Gov. Kim Reynolds took a trip down to the US-Mexico border Wednesday to accuse President Joe Biden of being responsible for the surge in migration and not doing enough to handle it. Reynolds denied her visit was a political stunt and said Biden needed to take responsibility for a situation that has existed for decades,…

Iowa State Sen. Liz Mathis pushed back last week on Rep. Ashley Hinson’s characterization of congressional Democrats’ budget proposal as “socialism” for, in part, expanding Medicare coverage, saying Hinson was simply using “a political buzzword” to dismiss the popular policy. During an Iowa Press appearance, Hinson called the proposed budget “the biggest dive towards socialism.”…

Dr. Jill Biden joined Rep. Cindy Axne for events in Des Moines on Wednesday to promote the third child tax credit payments being delivered today. President Joe Biden’s expanded child tax credit includes higher payments for every child parents have. For families with children 6-17, parents get $3,000 per child. For every child under 6,…

When asked about signing legislation that prevented schools from instituting mask mandates, Gov. Kim Reynolds said she was acting on the concerns of Iowa parents. “We had kids being isolated because they couldn’t wear a mask,” Reynolds told WHO 13’s Dave Price in an interview that aired Sunday. “They were having reactions from the mask—it…

Last year, Iowans unimpressed with Gov. Kim Reynolds’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic gave her a new moniker: “COVID Kim.” Since then, the name has become common among Reynolds’ critics online. WHO 13’s Dave Price asked her about it in an interview that aired Sunday. “People never 100 percent agree with the decisions I make,”…

President Joe Biden and his administration are stepping in to correct inaction from Republican governors such as Iowa’s Kim Reynolds as the Delta variant spreads and presents a larger threat. Wednesday, Biden directed US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to find out whether the administration can remove bans on mask mandates for schools based on a…

Although she won’t be able to see it on Twitter for another day, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Iowa State Fair-goers will be greeted this week by a billboard tying the congresswoman to two of Iowa’s own Republican members of the US House. Democrats hope Iowans will connect the far-right conspiracy theorist, recently blocked…